BURNS PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The optimal measurement of intravascular fluid status during the immediate fluid
resuscitation phase of burn treatment is:
a. blood urea nitrogen.
c. hourly urine output.
b. daily weight.
d. serum potassium. - Answer-C.
In patients with extensive burns, edema occurs in both burned and unburned areas
because of:
a. catecholamine-induced vasoconstriction.
b. decreased glomerular filtration.
c. increased capillary permeability.
d. loss of integument barrier. - Answer-C
Due to the interruption in skin integrity, patients with burn injuries are at high risk for:
a. acute renal failure
b. acute respiratory distress syndrome
c. infection and hypothermia
d. stress ulcers - Answer-c
For the first 24 hours after a burn injury, a standard fluid resuscitation formula is 4
mL/kg/% burn of intravenous (IV) fluid for the first 24 hours. What is the total amount of
fluid that will be administered to a 70-kg man with a burn injury that covers 50% of his
body surface area?
A. 2800
b 700 mL
c. 14 L
d. 28 L - Answer-C
Which of the following is an essential nursing action for a patient who has
circumferential full-thickness burns on an extremity?
a. Keeping the extremity in a dependent position
b. Monitoring distal pulses of the extremity
c. Performing an escharotomy as a prophylactic measure
d. Putting on sequential compression stockings - Answer-B
Permanent measures for covering a full-thickness burn include:
AND ANSWERS
The optimal measurement of intravascular fluid status during the immediate fluid
resuscitation phase of burn treatment is:
a. blood urea nitrogen.
c. hourly urine output.
b. daily weight.
d. serum potassium. - Answer-C.
In patients with extensive burns, edema occurs in both burned and unburned areas
because of:
a. catecholamine-induced vasoconstriction.
b. decreased glomerular filtration.
c. increased capillary permeability.
d. loss of integument barrier. - Answer-C
Due to the interruption in skin integrity, patients with burn injuries are at high risk for:
a. acute renal failure
b. acute respiratory distress syndrome
c. infection and hypothermia
d. stress ulcers - Answer-c
For the first 24 hours after a burn injury, a standard fluid resuscitation formula is 4
mL/kg/% burn of intravenous (IV) fluid for the first 24 hours. What is the total amount of
fluid that will be administered to a 70-kg man with a burn injury that covers 50% of his
body surface area?
A. 2800
b 700 mL
c. 14 L
d. 28 L - Answer-C
Which of the following is an essential nursing action for a patient who has
circumferential full-thickness burns on an extremity?
a. Keeping the extremity in a dependent position
b. Monitoring distal pulses of the extremity
c. Performing an escharotomy as a prophylactic measure
d. Putting on sequential compression stockings - Answer-B
Permanent measures for covering a full-thickness burn include:
